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Figure (Equestrian (hussar or possibly George II at the Battle of Dettingen))
1745-1765
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1997.0038.003
Credit Line/Donor
Anonymous gift
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Object Number
1997.0038.003
Object Name
Figure (Equestrian (hussar or possibly George II at the Battle of Dettingen))
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1745-1765
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with blue print: "JONATHAN HORNE/ ANTIQUES/ 66 'KENSINGTON CHURCH STREET/ LONDON W8 4BY/ TELEPHONE 01-221-5658"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Blue bordered label with handwriting: "George II on horseback/_illegible_"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Red bordered label with "3" in blue ink
Type: Inscription
Location: Side of saddle
Inscription: Sunken letters "GR"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Monarchs and nobility
- George II
- Military
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
10.1 (H) x 4.8 (W) x 8 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
25.7 (H) x 12.3 (W) x 20.2 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Published: p. 74, pl. 4.3Catalogue: Horne, Jonathan. A Collection of Early English Pottery (dealer's catalogue).
• Published: pt. IX (1989), no. 244, noting a pair to this group at Potteries Museum, Stoke, with "GR" is a hussar group.Electronic: E&H Manners Ceramics & Works of Art. 06//2025 A Creamware Figure of a Mounted Officer. E&H Manners Ceramics & Works of Art 06/04/2025 https://www.rare-ceramics.com/stock/english-pottery/a-creamware-figure-of-a-mounted-officer/
• Very similarly modeled example offered for sale: June 2025, "Perhaps George II at the Battle of Dettingen," Astbury/Whieldon type, c. 1743 to 1750. Mentions Winterthur example.Catalogue: 2007 Christie's (sales catalogue).
• Sold at auction: Christies, London, Rous Lench collection, May 29-30, 1990, lot 105, noting several parallel examples.Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. & Williams, Peter. 2000 A Passion for Pottery: Further Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection.
• Black, red, and white clay version: pp. 310-311, no. 211, c. 1760Book: Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1992 The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Volume IV Decorative Arts.
• Colorless version on green base, modelling differences: p. 97, no. 93.